HR176 Summary

• Commends Troy University, known as Alabama's International University, for its role in promoting international education and cultural exchange with China

• Notes that Troy University has over 300 Chinese students enrolled, making China the largest international contingent on the Troy Campus

• Recognizes Troy University as the first American institution to enroll students in the Sino-American 1+2+1 Dual Degree Program in 2001 and host of the Confucius Institute for Alabama since 2007

• Highlights that the Confucius Institute at Troy University was named Institute of the Year in 2012 and 2017, and Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr. received the World Confucius Institute's Individual Performance Excellence Award in 2014

• Extends New Year's wishes to Troy University and its students from China on the occasion of Chinese New Year on February 16, 2018